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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-02

EAST Liberty, Pa, Feb. 1.-Cattlc-Recclpts 70
head; shipments 1888 head; marset slow at ycster.
days prices. Hogs Receipts 500 head; shipments
zoo head: market active: Philndelphiss S. Bias Is;
Workers IS !Qa5 25: common and light 81 90a5 %.
Sheep Receipts {, 200 head shipments $500 head;
market slow ut : eslcIday's prices.
CINCINNATI. Feb. 1.-Ilogs steady; common and
light 81 2Oa5 90; packing and butchers 81 75a5 80;
receipts 800 head; shipments l,0.0.head.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-02
1.-Two Stock.

CHICAGO, Ill.,, Feb. 1.-Catle-Receipts 1000
head; shipments LOO head: market slow and
heavy: shipping steers 50 ioa3 50; rtoekers and
feeders s. lGa3 SO; fancy IS 80: cows. bulls and
mixed 81 T5a3 so; bulk s. i0a3 GO; Texas cattle
81 lOa2 co Hogs Receipts 1900 head; shipment,
5000 head; market op ned strong and closed tal0G
lower; rough and mixed 81 3504 90: packing and
shipping 81 75a5 is: light 81 25ni IS: skip1 81 96a
1 VI S~hcep-lieceipts 500 head; shipments Loo
head MARI ct SOW and l0al:c lower; natives IS GOA
5 90: western s. Cua4 IS; Texans s. 7Sai IS; lambs
81 O0a5 60 The cables Lordon special quotes best
American beeves barely steady at llHc per pound
dressed, .t WI u
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-02

Tho indications are that the nall trade this fall
Is going 10 be better than for some time past.
The mills are all on full aud ruuuiug at he fullest
capacity. Another change has been made In the card
rate, which Is now SlbO, 60 days, 2 percent on for
cash and r rebate Of ~ Cents per keg on carload
lots aud upwards.
Nall. Fence and Brads-lOd to COD, s. Co; Sd and
Cd. s. s5;6 fl and I'd, s. 10; Id aud Sd, s. IS; I'd
s. IS; ID, 50 s..
Ba1el-A Inch. So GO: X inch, IS 60: l inch, IS 10:
* inch, 81 IS; ~ inch 81 10; III inch, 50 GO; X
Inch. g IS.
Finbh.ng-1 inch, 81 O.; X inch, 81 CO.; ~ inch
q IS: X toIA Inch, 81 GO: 2 inch, A35; 2H Inch,
81 10; 3 Inch and over, 50 IS.
Cattng and Bo1-lGi to sod, So IS; Sd, $3.50: Cd.
s. IS; Id, 81 10; Sd, IS 10.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-02

BALTIMORE, Nd Fab. Wheat. western higher
aud more active; No 2 winter red spot 90Ha90Nc;
February 9OHa9O7Sc; March 9l3zasihc; May 9ia
a941ssc; Jun- 9iha95c. Corn, western trmer, closing
auiet: mixed spot +7aiIke: February 46lai!ci
March 47ai7hc; steamer t1kaac asked. Oats steady;
western white 37aS9c; do mixed 3ia36c. Rye quiet
Mt 5GasSc. Provisions firm and fairly active.
TOLEDO, O., Feb. Wheat steady and firm;
cash s3Ac: February S3Ac; May s71fc; June sskc;
August s0kc. Corn steady; cnsh size bid. Oats
steady: cash 3lSc. Iloyerseed dull and steady;
cash 81 So; March 81 30 asked.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-04-08
A Few of Her Troubles.

The woman generally and properly
ows little or nothing about the daily prog
IS Of a mans business. He conducts his
m, factory, trade, professor without her
rect interference or knowledge. If he
.akes loss or a profit she knows nothing
7out it unless he thinks to tell her, and I
oppose that unless some extraordinary in
tient is connected with it, he seldom does
ink to tell her. She is absorbed in her
brk, and when he is at home he does not
Ish to ''taIk shop nor does she desire
at he should. She knows, or ought to
low, the general condition of his business,
5 profits, his income, how much they can
ford to spend, when they ought to re-
ench, when they are justified in increasing
|tlay. This is all that is necessary. If
dismiSses man, if he increases his force,
Ihe changes his methods, she does not feel
sees no result from it, is not affected by it.
But with household business the man
psf be constantly interfering rather,
ought to say, he is constantly in
lived in it. 1t is not simply that
is, as the woman is to the man,
b ideal object; he is the practical,
tual center, the daily and almost hourly
ntrolling force. The whole household sys-
% revolves around him, is conformed to
neceSSlbleS, Is SNAPPED 20 MS purposes.
Terything of heart and soul and mind and
-ength must and ought to bend to his
an idea that day, prompt, agreeable,
mum can be allowed
our 1sIanos prouucIs changing servants.
to the resLf there is a strike in
come time when t. none the less be at
Of the population vanishing for his din
children are hungrier
plleo Dy nome bent there is nothing to
plated show hF ling, the room red
lndrying all must go on every minute.
g kitchen doors cannot be closed for three
eks or three months to let the leaven of
DC work. They are all hungry now.
Iey are all sleepy now. They are all dirty
W. The mother must either turn cook
d housemaid herself, or she must take
ch maids as she can get at what prices she
lst pay.-Gail Hamilton in New York
nrl1
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-04-08
Failure of the nTerv railway.

The great railroad that was to form the
main line of the Russian invasion of India is
reported to be gigantic failure both in a
military and financial point of view. This
railroad that is to connect the Caspian with
the Merry and thence proceeding through
Bokhara to the confines of Aghanistan has
thus far been constructed under military
supervision, ard it is said enormous sums
have been ingulfed in the granting of fraudu-
lent contracts both for material and construc-
ton. These facts are studiously ignored by
the Russian press, but according to a letter
written by Gen. Tchernieff to The Novoe
Vreyma the new road of communication be-
tween Russia and her distant Asiatic posses
sions is total failure. The railroad, it now
appears, is built over desert of shifting
sand, the desert having in fact a movable
and moving surface with which no engineer
ing can contend. On the first section of the
road the sand has been consolidated by
watering it with solution of clay, but this
is impossible near Merry, where there is
neither clay nor water to be found.
The only way of preserving the line would
be to cover it with sheds like the snow sheds
on the American Pacific railway, but this is
impossible in country where there is neither
wood, stone, lime nor water. As a military
line to assist in Russian attack on India it
would be useless, or it would take three
years TO convey over IL a complete force or
200, 900 men with their impedimenta, and as
it runs along the frontier of Persia it would
have to be guarded by SO many men that
the line itself would be well occupied in sup
plying water to the invading forces. The
British are also finding almost insurmount-
able difficulties in endeavoring to connect
Cabul with the Indian system of railroads
the projected line in many places being cut
in the sheer incline of the precipices forming
the passes, while the roadbeds in the valleys
are liable TO resistless foundations in the
spring months Taken altogether, the attack
and defense of British India on the land side
form the most costly military problems of
the CENTURY Francisco Chronicle
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-04-08
One Dress for All Occasions.

1t would simplify matters wonderfully
should the women of America adopt an an
Gent custom observed in Holland, where
it is the ambition of every Dutch lady of
high degree to possess a black lace dress.
This is carefully worn, and lasts a lifetime,
in many cases being handed down from one
generation to another. The singular feat
ure of this custom is that no matter what
the style of the dress, whether of ancient or
modern fashion, it is perfectly correct to
don it upon whatever occasion of state or
social entertainment the owner may desire
to appear therein. Indeed, no lady's ward
robe is considered complete without this
dress, which is made all in one piece. The
lady for whom the garment is to be fash
toned, having expressed her preference in
the matter, patterns are drawn and given
to the lacemakers, who then set to work
and make it according to directions with
out single seam. Such dress is, of course,
expensive at the outset, but once secured is
most economical, inasmuch as it is elegant,
and, no matter how frequently worn, is al
ways in good taste and admired by the com
pany.-Baltimore American.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-04-08
Cara of CbiIdren,s Feet.

Wise mothers see that the children always
have dry feet Shoes should be loose enough
to be comfortable always-haf an incn
longer than the foot, but not loose enough to
slip round. Never let the child wear a
shoe that is run over on the side or heel,
and constantly discourage the habit of
standing on the outer edges of the shoe,
turning in the toes, or rubbing one foot
over the other. Have the child taught
from the earliest hours of understanding
that the moment his feet are wet he must
change shoes and stockings. Some chill
drens feet perspire so that wooden stock
ings keep the feet damp and cold; let them
wear cotton hose, and buy the elastic
wooden webbing which comes by the yard,
and draw it over the child's limb to the
ankle; this will protect the limbs which,
in snow and slush, should also be covered
with leggings. If mothers will make it
rule that the child's hose must be hung up
when taken off, and the feet warmed be-
fore going to bed, they will save them
selves much trouble. Too many mothers
tie up a child's throat, most pernicious
habit, and allow the child to wear thin
shoes or sit with rubbers on for hours.
Philadelphia Call.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-04-08
Gently Closing Doors.

Once 1 called with friend upon sick
person whose nerves had become so pain
fully acute through suffering that noise
tortured her. A screen door opened from
the room into the hall, and as callers or
members of the family passed in or out, a
quick, sharp slam of this door followed
close OF their egress or ingress. The torture
of the noise sent spasm of pain across the
sick woman's face, but She bore it uncom-
plainingly, thinking it more endurable than
flies and mosquitoes, and no one had no
ticed or thought to lessen this annoyance
until my friends kind heart and quick eye
prompted and planned remedy She
called for tacks and cotton batting, and
making firm little cushions of the batting,
she tackled them up and down the casing
where the door would strike, and the sharp
slam bang was instantly softened as the
door swung to. The grateful language and
glance of the sick woman made me wish
that l, too, had eyes that could see ways to
be helpful toward others. Philadelphia
Call
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-04-08
conquering Foolish Fears.

Some children are very much afraid of
rises. Don't oblige such children to touch
horse But whenever occasion offers in
le presence of such child, pet and pat a
rise without scanning to notice the fact
at the child is afraid By degrees, your
kample, if he have perfect faith in his pa
|nts, will have such an effect upon him that
himself, almost without knowing it, will
} the same thing, unless the fear be one of
Jose inexpicable 'rooted aversions'' which
bthirg can erase.
The same system can be practised with
loSe children who are so unfortunate as to
afraid of the dark.
Try sitting with the child from the latest
Eht on through twilight into the dark,
liking to him pleasantly the while Per-
bps after few times Of such treatment
pa can say: ''Wait here a moment, am
ping to get lamp Perhaps he will stay
BIT if he does not feel inclined to do So
pn't force him. Wait few days longer.
~ sitting in the absolute dark some even
e, and when he calls to know where YOU
e, say quietly, 'tHere I am - ''But YOU
I'VE no light. F" ''No, I like to sit in the
lrk. d" "But 1 can't find you'' Listen
my voice now, and see if you can't tell
here am, and then see if you can't
me straight to me without the use of
our eyes" In the interst of trying to do
mething and feeling that you are near
most all fear is lost and the battle won.
hen IS the time to tell him quietly
at it is foolish to be afraid, but that you
low and thoroughly understand how he
els, and that you hope that some day he
all have conquered the trouble. If Won
n recall for his benefit some time when
u were just so foolish, it will do him ire
endous amount of good, and you will be
und together more closely by bond of
E. G. Hewett in Ladies'
Ome Journal
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-04-08
WOMAN AND HOME.
|RLS STUDYING PHYSIOLOGY AND
ESCHEWING HYSTERIA.

satness in Dress-WOman's Troubles.
corner in MISUNDERSTANDING Tea-JaP-
knese Women - Perfect Chocolate.
y Corn Pone ''-NOtes and Paragraphs.
1T is only IaJely that girls have been mi
tied into the, to them, long hidden mys-
Pies of how they are made and the nature
the different vital functions and the Ioca-
IN and operation OF the bodily organs.
ae great majority Of the newly married
q most of the old married women or TO-
Il know nothing of such matters, and in
Sst instances are shamefully ignorant OF
lat it is absolutely their duty to know.
ysicians hardly ever come across young
bther who knows any of the most rudi-
ntary facts about a childs stomach, not
len even its location. There is probably
t one girl in hundred out of the schools
ho knows where her liver is or what 1T
es, or how it is affected. The schools are
angling all this.
"a gentleman riding in one of the street
rs few days ago noticed young and
setty girl, who never lifted her eyes all the
by from West Philadelphia from an illus
hted book which she seemed perusing
.th wrapt interest. Anxious to see what
is enhancing work could be, he changed
seat so as to get glance over her Shout
r, and found that it was her Compare
1-e Physiology and that she had just
Ached the chapter on the action of the
art, which she was devouring as if it was
climax of one of Ouida's novels.
The great amount of out-of-dOOr exercise
ken by young ladies and women gen
billy is no doubt in great measure re-
bnsible for the decline in the practice of
nting One of the good old ''chestnuts"
hong story tellers has always been the
hitting young lady coming to" when
me one calls for bucket of water. How
1ch the joking has had to do with stop
big the practice it is hard to say, but
hitting is now completely out of fashion,
ID no one ever sees or hears anything of it
|cePt upon the stage and in novels. The
|anged ideas regarding woman and her
% and sphere have done it. Since women,
id especially young women, have stopped
ring exclusively indoors, fainting has be-
bne comparatively unknown, and even
sierra is rare. Plenty of exercise, Occu-
|tion, industrial pursuits, out-Of-dOor
Orts-these have had their influence in
hking the women of to-day not the frail
les that wilted at the least excitement or
ted over in an overheated room, but
rong and sensible creatures, much better
ted in every way to make home happy.
Philadelphia Times.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-04-08
Women Can Afford to Remain Singh


The common talk is among young men
that they cannot afford marriage, because
wives are such an expensive luxury, and al
together such an impediment that no one
can afford TO have one unless he is very
rich, or is willing to remain very poor
This kind of twaddle is so much in vogue
that it will probably seem heresy to take
any other view of the case, but bearing In
mind the innumerable stories of beating
and mutilation, and even murder, inflicted
upon women by drunken and ugly hus-
bands, it seems to be about time to start
crusade to bring about a resolve on the part
of women not yet married. They run about
twenty times as much risk in such an
operation as the man does, and if the latter
cannot afford to take unto himself wife
the majority can we'll afford on their part
TO remain single. Within twenty years we
predict that clubs for women and an in
creased independence in earning a hveI-
hood, and generally better status for IN
married women viii result in a serious
diminution of the marriage rate. And, when
women are not to be got for the asking,
men will be more careful of them. A little
corner in the marriage market would not
be bad thing.-BOSton Record.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-04-08
Atlanta,s Handsome Houses.

Atlanta is fast becoming city of hand
some houses. More elegant residences were
erected in the city during the past year than
at any time since the war, and large sums
OF money are spent in fitting them up The
interior of one house is now being decorated
at cost of 5,O00 and another has Just
been finished that cost $4,000. An order
for the decoration of one, for a single par
Tor, just given, foots up So, 500. There are
many houses, the interiors of which have
been decorated at a cost of more than $10,-
OoO. At least three private residences in
the city cost over $50, Chicago Times.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-04-08
How to Have white Hands.

A little ammonia or borax in the water
you wash your hands with, and that water
just lukewarm, will keep the skin clean and
soft. a little oatmeal mixed with the water
will wliten the hands. Many people use
glycerine on their hands when they go to
bed, wearing their gloves to keep the bed
ding clean; but glycerine does not agree
with every one. 1t makes some skin harsh
and Ied These people should rub their
hands with dry oatmeal and wear gloves in
bed. A good preparation for the hands at
night is white of egg, with grain of alum
dissol yed in it. The "Roman toilet paste"
is merely white of egg, barley flour and
honey. They say it was used by the Romans
in olden time. 1t is a first rate thing, b. ut it
does not do the work any better than oat-
meal. The toughest and hardest hands can
be made soft and white in a months time by
doctoring them little at bedtime; and all
the tools you need are nail brush, a bottle
of ammonia, box Of powdered borax, and
a little fine, white sand to rub the stains
off, or a cut of a lemon, which will do
even better, for the acid of the lemon will
clean anything. Popular Science Monthly
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-04-08
Neatness in Dress at Home.

The Importance Of neat and tasteful house.
Fessing cannot be overestimated The
'atron who appears before the members of
pr family in a shabby, soiled wrapper, and
|akes the excuse-if, indeed, she takes the
Fouble to make one at all-that sit is so
Encsl more comfortable, - has little idea of
De possible consequences Of such a course.
|oltld she but realize that her dress is an
vi example to her daughters, and one
E'oductive of consequences that viii reach
lr beyond her own span of life; that her
ashland and sons cannot fail to draw COM
arisons between her dress and that of the
adies they meet in other homes, and that
.ese comparisons cannot fail to decrease
neir respect for her, she might be induced
give more attention TO her personal ap-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-04-08

pearance. Not even the burden OF care
and constant employment can furnish a
sufficient excuse for careless personal habits,
for few things are now important to the
well being of family.
There is an old saying to the effect that
an untidy mother has disObedient children;
and while neither parents nor children may
realize the why or wherefore of it, yet there
is always a lack of respect and an indiffer-
ence to the authority of a mother who takes
no pride in her personal appearance And
it is not the mother alone upon whose shout
ders rests the burden of responsibility for
home neatness and order in dress; the father
has his duties to look after as well, anG
should never fail to insist upon the younger
members of the family presenting them
selves with well kept hands, clean faces,
neatly brushed hair, and orderly dress, "a
least at every meal where the family as
sembles. Brooklyn Magazine.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-04-08
GettIng Hit on Purpose.

81 see that one of the new rules of the
national game provides that where batsman
is hit by pitched ball he is given his base
Now, what is to prevent a man getting hit
on purpose to take his base?'' t'Have you
ever been hit nv q nitcbad bal1,, GsTrovo,.I,i
81 thought not. Chicago Rambler.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-04-08

The emperor of Austria, who is a great
smoker, has been ordered by the doctors
to give up the fragrant weed. They at
tribute his neuralgia to it, His majesty
was in the habit of smoking twenty cigars
dafly.-Chicago Herald
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-04-08
Care of siIverware.

Put camphor gum with your new silver
ware and it will never tarnish as long as
the gum is there. Never wash silver in
soapsuds, as that gives it white a. lear-
ance.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-04-08

To take stains from white goods: Rub the
juice from ripe tomatoes with salt on the
stains and expose to the sun.